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I Come and Stand at Every Door

by Lester Square with Tilly Robinson

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A week before the US election, a warning from our past of a dystopian future.

lyrics

Trad arranged. Lyrics by Nazim Hikmet

I come and stand at every door
But no one hears my silent dread
I knock and yet remain unseen
For I am dead, for I am dead
I'm only seven although I've died
In Hiroshima long ago
I'm seven now as I was then
When children die they do not grow
My hair was scorched by swirling flame
My eyes grew dim, my eyes grew blind
Death came and turned my bones to dust
And that was scattered by the wind
I need no fruit, I need no rice
I need no sweet, nor even bread
I ask for nothing for myself
For I am dead, for I am dead
All that I ask is that for peace
You fight today, you fight today
So that the children of this world
May live and grow, and laugh and play

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released October 25, 2020
Cubist Records 03s

All Instruments and production: Lester Square
Vocals: Tilly Robinson

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Lester Square London, UK

The original guitarist in Adam and the Ants before co-founding The Monochrome Set with whom he has recorded eleven studio albums.

"Guitarist Lester Square sprinkled sharp-edged fills into the sprawling melodic arches."
Die Welt

"Lester Square's guitar style influenced The Smiths, the Glasgow and Edinburgh Post Punk scenes, and then their successors, Franz Ferdinand."
Gig Soup
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